Focused on Gold in Peru
Corporate
Management
David Cass
President & Director

Mr. Cass is a geologist with over 21 years' international experience in mineral exploration and mining for precious and base metals. Fifteen years of his career were spent with major mining company Anglo American plc, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in jurisdictions such as Turkey, Iran, Eastern Europe and the America's, including 4 years as Senior Geologist in Peru, and 6 years as Exploration Manager for North America where he was responsible for Anglo's exploration programs throughout Canada, Central America, Mexico, mainland USA and Alaska. Since 2006, Mr. Cass has worked for junior exploration companies exploring in Canada, Mexico, Central America and Peru.

Mr. Cass holds a Masters of Science degree in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from the University of Leicester, UK (1990). He is a practicing member (P.Geo) of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Mark Slauenwhite
Vice President of Exploration

Mr. Slauenwhite has 25 years' international experience including 13 years in Peru. From 1995 -- 2006 he was responsible for all aspects of Barrick Gold's exploration program in South and Central Peru. Mr. Slauenwhite was involved with the discovery of the Pierina and Alto Chicama mines with Barrick, and has developed expert knowledge of Peruvian geology and mineral deposits. He has extensive knowledge of high and intermediate sulfidation gold deposits, in particular on the resolution of high level geochemical and alteration signatures over buried high sulfidation deposits and 3 dimensional alteration zoning. Before his tenure with Barrick, he spent 11 years with Inco in Canada and South America.

Mr. Slauenwhite holds a BSc. Degree in Geology from Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada (1984) and he is a practicing member (P.Geo) of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. He has been resident in Peru since 1995.

Kevin Bales
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Bales has 15 years of financial reporting experience in mining and information technology industries. He currently serves as CFO for several public junior exploration companies with operations in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Mr. Bales holds a Bachelor of Management degree with a major in accounting.

Ralph Rushton
Vice President of Corporate Development

Ralph holds a B.Sc. in geology from Portsmouth University in the UK, a Master's degree in economic geology from the University of Alberta, and a Certificate in Business Communications from Simon Fraser University. Much of his 17 years' experience in mining and exploration was gained working as a geologist for the Anglo American group in Southern Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Erin Ostrom
Vice President of Corporate Communications

Ms. Ostrom has worked in a communications and investor relations capacity for Fortuna Silver Mines and Radius Gold since 2007. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Humanities in 1999. She then went on to graduate with honours from BCIT's Marketing Communications/Direct Response program.

Simon T. Ridgway
Chairman & Director

Mr. Ridgway is the co-founder of the Gold Group with over 20 years of mining and exploration experience worldwide. He has been integral in financing a stable of junior mining and exploration companies, raising over $150 Million between 2007-2009.

Mario Szotlender
Director

Mr. Szotlender holds a degree in international relations and is fluent in several languages. He has successfully directed Latin American affairs for numerous private and public companies over the past 20 years, specializing in developing new business opportunities and establishing relations within the investment community.

Tim Osler
Director

Tim earned a B.Sc. in marine biology from the University of British Columbia. He owns and operates a mining consulting and retail mining equipment business, and has developed a gold mining placer property in the Yukon Territory which is currently in production. Tim acts as Operations Manager for Radius Gold and several other public companies.